Jazz India Circuit Podcast
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In Part 5, host Lakshya Datta talks to New York-based composer and guitarist Shubh Saran about jazz fusion, how he collaborates with musicians from all over the world, and what it's like to perform in India.
Having grown up in six different countries, Shubh's music and his influences are global and free of genre. Plus, being an alumnus of the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, Shubh's intricate compositions fuse sounds from modern jazz, neo-soul, and rock with classical and contemporary Indian music.
This episode features the following songs (all of which are composed and performed by Shubh): "Slip" from his first alnum Hmayra, "Pareidolia" from his second album "H.A.D.D.", "Bloom" featuring vocalist Hannah Sumner, and "Mindfire" featuring Chayan & Smiti.
In Part 2, host Lakshya Datta speaks with vocalist Smiti Malik about the women that have defined the voice of jazz and inspired singers and songwriters for decades - Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan... just to name a few. You’ll also hear Smiti talk about what vocalists bring to the music, how she writes lyrics and collaborates with other musicians, and what it’s like to perform jazz classics as well as original music for audiences in India.
This episode features the following songs: “The Peacocks” (performed by Smiti Malik and composed by Jimmy Rowles), “You Go to My Head” (performed by Rainer and the Usual Suspects, composed by J. Fred Coots), “The Fall” (performed and composed by Kitchensink), “Ndinewe” (performed and composed by Monoswezi).